Letters and Politics

The Battle that Ended a Civil War and Made the Roman Empire

Guest: Barry Strauss is a professor of history and classics at Cornell University, The Corliss Page Dean Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and a leading expert on ancient military history. He has written or edited several books, including The Battle of SalamisThe Trojan WarThe Spartacus WarMasters of CommandThe Death of Caesar, Ten Caesars, and his latest, The War that Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium.